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Effects Of Trade And Growth On Air Pollution In The Aggregated Sub-Saharan Africa

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  • Aka, Bedia F.

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This paper examines the impacts of trade intensity as measured by the share of exports plus imports in GDP and economic growth proxies by the GDP per capita on air pollution as measured by CO2 emissions. We focus on Sub-Saharan Africa as a whole during the period 1961-2003 to see how trade intensity and GDP per capita growth have impacted CO2 emissions in that zone. We use an Autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model to analyze both the short and long-run impacts of these variables on the environment. Our results indicate that in the short-run a 1% increase in economic growth leads to 1.04% increase in CO2 emission thus a degradation of air quality, while a 1% increase in trade intensity account for 0.15% decrease in pollution. Most importantly in the long-run, a 1% increase in GDP per capita contributes to 1.8% increase in air pollution while a 1% increase in trade intensity leads to 0.57% decrease in CO2 emission thus beneficial to the environment.

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  • Aka, Bedia F., 2008. "Effects Of Trade And Growth On Air Pollution In The Aggregated Sub-Saharan Africa," International Journal of Applied Econometrics and Quantitative Studies, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, vol. 5(1), pages 5-14.
    • Handle: RePEc:eaa:ijaeqs:v:5:y2008:i:1_1
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    1. Yaya KEHO, 2020. "An Empirical Study of Some Driving Factors of CO2 Emissions: Evidence from Quantile Regression," Bulletin of Applied Economics, Risk Market Journals, vol. 7(2), pages 87-95.
    2. Muhammad Azam & Zia Ur Rehman & Yusnidah Ibrahim, 2022. "Causal nexus in industrialization, urbanization, trade openness, and carbon emissions: empirical evidence from OPEC economies," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 24(12), pages 13990-14010, December.
    3. Nabila Asghar & Awais Anwar & Hafeez Ur Rehman & Saba Javed, 2020. "Industrial practices and quality of environment: evidence for Asian economies," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 22(8), pages 7807-7829, December.
    4. Mui-Yin Chin & Chin-Hong Puah & Cia-Ling Teo & Justina Joseph, 2018. "The Determinants of CO2 Emissions in Malaysia: A New Aspect," International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, Econjournals, vol. 8(1), pages 190-194.
    5. Alper Yılmaz, 2023. "Carbon emissions effect of trade openness and energy consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa," SN Business & Economics, Springer, vol. 3(2), pages 1-28, February.
    6. Lukman O Oyelami, 2019. "Relative effects of regional and global trade on carbon emissions in ECOWAS member countries," International Area Studies Review, Center for International Area Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, vol. 22(1), pages 64-75, March.

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    Keywords

    Pollution; Environmental Kuznets Curve; Growth; Trade intensity; ECM;
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    JEL classification:

    • C2 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables
    • F18 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Environment
    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products

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